My car battery can start a 747 ...

[ARTFART]

When I got ready to go to school the other day , my car would not start , my interior lights and everything went out right when I went to turn it over , not even a click . I thought WTF ?!?!?! Well , I popped the hood and I noticed my battery was moved kinda sideways and touching the metal of my car , so when I moved it , my lights and everything went back on . My Dad came outside and I told him what happened and he said , it was grounded . Well I really didnt think anything of it . I drove off to school . Then it just shut down on my on the interstate . I got out , popped the hood , checked the battery again , sure enough it had moved again , and I thought what the .... and I checked things out and I noticed it was bolted down , I thought hmmm . So I had it towed home . I took out the battery to go have it tested , it was dead , but it was still a good battery , when I got back home I was checking things out then noticed , my damn battery hold down tray had broke on the front part , just snapped off . Well , Anyway , While I was at advance getting the battery charged , the man told me ,this battery can start up a 747 . I said ...uh ..yeah ..uh ...He said ..No it really can start a 747 ...Does he know what he is talking about . Its an Optima battery "red top"
Has anyone's battery hold down tray broken like this before and caused their battery to ground out of on the car and kill the car ?
Sorry if this should be in General tech . I was not sure where to post it , but then again it does not really purtain to General tech ..

[ARTFART]

Opps , Sorry bout the double post guys !

[98Camaro3.8]

Edit the post and check the box that says to delete the thread. ;)

[95Batmobile]

Hey I have a redtop too, and no that's never happened to me [img]smile.gif[/img]

I have never heard anybody say it would start a 747... but whatever, it starts my car so thats all I care [img]tongue.gif[/img]

[98Camaro3.8]

From my post in the other thread:


Modern turbine engines are started using pneumatics (air pressure) from the Auxiliary Power Unit. He's full of it.

[CAMAROWIDBASS]

screw the red top, i went all the way and got the yellow

[majeskyb]

Originally posted by CAMAROWIDBASS:
screw the red top, i went all the way and got the yellow

Right... You know that the yellow top is a deep-cycle battery right? It's made for applications where the battery is drained totally dead, then charged back up for another use. those don't like being used the way you're using it. It'll just go dead quicker than the red top

[BLLDOGG]

yes, this is a common problem of the tray breaking. i remember a post not too long ago about it in the general forum.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by majeskyb:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by CAMAROWIDBASS:
screw the red top, i went all the way and got the yellow

Right... You know that the yellow top is a deep-cycle battery right? It's made for applications where the battery is drained totally dead, then charged back up for another use. those don't like being used the way you're using it. It'll just go dead quicker than the red top </font>[/QUOTE]but the deep cycles put out more amps for given voltage and don't fade off till there about dead.. you can drive farther on deep cycle battery if you alt stops, and if you have a big system a deep is not a bad idea

[majeskyb]

Originally posted by viper04af:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by majeskyb:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by CAMAROWIDBASS:
screw the red top, i went all the way and got the yellow

Right... You know that the yellow top is a deep-cycle battery right? It's made for applications where the battery is drained totally dead, then charged back up for another use. those don't like being used the way you're using it. It'll just go dead quicker than the red top </font>[/QUOTE]but the deep cycles put out more amps for given voltage and don't fade off till there about dead.. you can drive farther on deep cycle battery if you alt stops, and if you have a big system a deep is not a bad idea </font>[/QUOTE]But at the same time, a deep cycle batt won't put out as many cold cranking amps as a regular auto batt will, needing a bigger batt. "As a general rule, if you are going to use a true deep cycle battery also as a starting battery, it should be oversized about 20% compared to the existing or recommended starting battery group size to get the same cranking amps". Also, I've had personal experience with people at my work running yellow tops in their car (with a fairly large system), and having the battery die within 6months-year of getting it.

[ARTFART]

Originally posted by 95Batmobile:
Hey I have a redtop too, and no that's never happened to me [img]smile.gif[/img]

I have never heard anybody say it would start a 747... but whatever, it starts my car so thats all I care [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Hey , how long have you had your red top ?

I just went ahead and bought a nice expensive battery because of the heat in the summer time frys them alot down here .

I thought he was prabably full of it about starting a 747 ... :rolleyes:

[ARTFART]

I was just reading all of this thread again . It's so educational on Optima batterys . [img]tongue.gif[/img]
No , but seriously , some good info you guys posted on batterys . [img]smile.gif[/img]

[95Batmobile]

Originally posted by ARTFART:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by 95Batmobile:
Hey I have a redtop too, and no that's never happened to me [img]smile.gif[/img]

I have never heard anybody say it would start a 747... but whatever, it starts my car so thats all I care [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Hey , how long have you had your red top ?

I just went ahead and bought a nice expensive battery because of the heat in the summer time frys them alot down here .

I thought he was prabably full of it about starting a 747 ... :rolleyes: </font>[/QUOTE]I've had mine a few months..
My Delco was leaking acid :mad: so I bought an optima.. I like it so far. Seems to keep higher voltage than my delco did.

And the yellow top is a great "extra" battery for cars with big stereos. Run the system off the yellow top til it dies, then start your car and wait about 20-25 minutes, you have tunes again :D

[OneQuickV6]

Originally posted by viper04af:
but the deep cycles put out more amps for given voltage and don't fade off till there about dead.. you can drive farther on deep cycle battery if you alt stops, and if you have a big system a deep is not a bad idea

Take a EE or advanced physics class...OR just Google "Ohm's Law" please. The amount of voltage and curent "put out" or seen across a circuit depends on the circuit as much as it does the source.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by OneQuickV6:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by viper04af:
but the deep cycles put out more amps for given voltage and don't fade off till there about dead.. you can drive farther on deep cycle battery if you alt stops, and if you have a big system a deep is not a bad idea

Take a EE or advanced physics class...OR just Google "Ohm's Law" please. The amount of voltage and curent "put out" or seen across a circuit depends on the circuit as much as it does the source. </font>[/QUOTE]i know ohms law....
deep cycle put out the hgiher amps then the reg battery puts out as the voltage falls off, and a reg battery below 10 volts is crap is has hardly any craking power... were a deep still start your car